Dhaka, Mar 25 (Just News): Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday filed an appeal seeking tougher punishment for BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust case in which she was earlier sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
ACC lawyers submitted the appeal to the office concerned of the High Court in the morning.
“We have completed the affidavit of the appeal seeking harsher punishment for Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust case,” said Khurshid Alam Khan, one of lawyers for the ACC.
On 19 March, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court stayed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail till 8 May in the graft case.
The SC also allowed the state and the ACC to file petitions against HC order that granted bail to Khaleda Zia fixing 8 May for next hearing.
It also ordered the ACC and state to submit the concise statement of appeals within two weeks and BNP within four weeks.
On 12 March, the High Court granted a four-month interim bail to Khaleda Zia.
On 8 February last, the Dhaka Special Court-5 convicted the BNP chief and sentenced her to five years’ imprisonment in the case.
Khaleda Zia was then sent to old central jail at Nazimuddin Road in the city.
The court read out a 632-page summarised version of the verdict on that day and it released the full 1174-page copy of the verdict on 19 February.
(Justnews/ys/1300hr)
